What is the KDE Program?

Executives find valuable to become part of a common network that allow them to open their organizations to new markets, more opportunities in current markets, new products, services and talent. KDE can offer them such a worldwide network formed by many organizations.

In order to do it, KDE build a structured Program based on the following global principles:

Networking as a major value to build self-sustaining cooperative system.

Meritocracy and compromise.

Mentoring.

Single contact point for every organization.

Think global, act locally.

Scalability, depending on the organization dimension and expectations.

Building the field first, creating the rules, and then, let the players play.

The KDE Program(*) is the result of our determination to create a global network formed of organizations committed to KDE related principles, technologies, products and services. It also is:

A structured project to add value to KDE, while increasing market opportunities for every member through coordinated networking activities.

A way for KDE to connect with end users through new organizations.

A new approach for supporting KDE in a way every member gets, not just the result of our work, our software, but also the knowledge that allows us to create it, so they can learn and add it to their production process.

A channel to introduce KDE into new markets through a worldwide network of organizations that actively contribute to it.

An opportunity to recognize and reward those organizations that have historically supported KDE.

A new approach to take free software communities beyond their current influence area.